- Peru Country Analysis Brief (06/12/2008): “For the latest information on energy in Peru, please see our updated Country Analysis Brief.
- OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet (06/11/2008): “For the latest EIA estimate of net oil export revenues by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), please see our updated OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet. EIA estimates that members of OPEC earned $673 billion in net oil export revenues in 2007, a 10 percent increase from 2006. Saudi Arabia earned the largest share of these earnings, $194 billion, representing 29 percent of total OPEC revenues. On a per-capita basis, OPEC net oil export earning reached $1,140, a 8 percent increase from 2006. Through May, OPEC had earned an estimated $423 billion in net oil export earnings in 2008. Based on projections from the EIA June 2008 Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO), OPEC net oil export revenues could be $1,178 billion in 2008 and $1,214 billion in 2009.”
- Electric Power Monthly April 2008 (06/11/2008): “The latest EPM issue (April 2008) is now available on EIA’s Electricity page. Data being published in the April 2008 EPM include January 2008 data. Historical copies of the EPM tables in Excel format have also been posted on the EIA website, dating back to the May 2003 publication of the EPM. These files can be accessed here.”
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Daily Archives: June 12, 2008
Opinion of the Court by Justice Anthony Kennedy Grants Certain Habeas Corpus Rights to Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
SCOTUSblog: “The opinion by Justice Kennedy in Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al-Odah v. United States (06-1196) is available here. Justice Souter issued a concurring opinion joined by Justices Ginsburg and Breyer. The Chief Justice wrote a dissent joined by Justices Scalia, Thomas and Alito. Justice Scalia filed a dissent, joined by the Chief Justice… Continue Reading
FCC Expands, Improves Broadband Data Collection
Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and Possible Steps to Accelerate Such Deployment Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, released June 12, 2008. “This is the Commissions Fifth Report examining the availability of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans, as… Continue Reading
OCC Survey Finds Bank Underwriting Standards Tighten
News release: “The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released today its 14th annual Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices and reported that commercial and retail underwriting standards tightened after four consecutive years of eased underwriting standards. The 2008 survey included examiner observations and assessments of credit underwriting standards at the largest national banks. The… Continue Reading
A Preliminary Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans
A Preliminary Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans, The Tax Policy Center, June 11, 2008. “Tax and fiscal policy will loom large in the next president’s domestic policy agenda. Nearly all of the tax cuts enacted since 2001 expire at the end of 2010 and the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) threatens to… Continue Reading
HHS OIG OIG Reports More Than $2 Billion in Recoveries From Fighting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
News release: OIG Reports More Than $2 Billion in Recoveries From Fighting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse for First-Half FY 2008 the full Semiannual Report Continue Reading
